Newsletter
October 2019

Note From the CEO

It’s time to address healthcare disparities within communities of color. Read More

People Magazine Profiles Compassion & Choices Supporter Hanna Olivas

More than a dozen other news outlets follow with features on the mother of four children seeking the option to end her suffering from incurable cancer. Read More

Advocate Spotlight: Dan Diaz

Five years after his wife, Brittany Maynard’s, death, Dan Diaz carries on their work to pass medical aid-in-dying laws nationwide. Read More

New Film “Here Awhile” Charts a Young Woman’s End-of-Life Journey

The lead character’s choice to relocate to achieve a peaceful death echoes the story of several Compassion & Choices supporters. Read More

In the Media

The New Jersey Law Journal editorial board said in a commentary about the denial of recent litigation to challenge the state’s aid-in-dying law, “We agree with the courts and applaud how they handled this matter as expeditiously as they did.”
Compassion & Choices President Barbara Coombs Lee is quoted in the Illinois Times story “Last Rights” about growing support in the state for medical aid in dying.
“There is a learning curve to get people up to speed,” says Director of Integrated Programs Matt Whitaker in NJ.com article about the challenges of accessing newly passed medical aid-in-dying laws.